I'm awful at knowing how much food to make for large groups. Maybe it's the Jewish grandmother in me, but I always make way too much because I feel like it'd be worse if anyone went hungry.

So, tonight I'm making escarole and white bean soup and fettuccini for 7. Not a HUGE group, but pretty big for a random weeknight dinner party.

How much pasta do I need? Since I'm making soup, too, and the sauce is really hearty, I'm thinking a pound of pasta should be ok, but I'm not sure. No one who's coming over eats a ton. I do have some friends who I have to count as 2 people because they eat a lot, but they won't be here.

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I ended up making 1 pound, plus a small handful of another box and it was too much, but not by a lot! 1 pound probably would have been fine with the soup. I ended up with the perfect amount for lunch for 2 people the next day. Although I do still have a lot of soup leftover, but that was mostly because I wanted to use up a giant head of escarole.

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